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Elements / 116

116Lv[293]

Livermorium

Properties unknown · p-block · ring Q · spoke 16

Livermorium is element 116, a properties unknown. It sits on ring Q (period 7) on spoke 16, the chalcogens. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.

HHeLiBeBCNOFNeNaMgAlSiPSClArKCaScTiVCrMnFeCoNiCuZnGaGeAsSeBrKrRbSrYZrNbMoTcRuRhPdAgCdInSnSbTeIXeCsBaLaCePrNdPmSmEuGdTbDyHoErTmYbLuHfTaWReOsIrPtAuHgTlPbBiPoAtRnFrRaAcThPaUNpPuAmCmBkCfEsFmMdNoLrRfDbSgBhHsMtDsRgCnNhFlMcLvTsOg119120

Properties

DensityNot measuredTerrain →
Melting pointNot measuredTerrain →
Boiling pointNot measuredTerrain →
ElectronegativityNot measuredTerrain →
First ionization energyNot measuredTerrain →
Atomic weight293 u3rd heaviest of 118Terrain →
Crustal abundanceNot measuredTerrain →
Discovered2000Terrain →

Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.

Two things you might not know

  1. A 1999 Berkeley claim rested on fabricated data; real atoms came on July 19, 2000. About 35 atoms made as of 2020.
  2. Named in 2012 for a US national laboratory and, through it, the California city where that lab is located.

Checked against en.wikipedia.org.

Spoke 16: Chalcogens

Ring Q (period 7)

Play with Livermorium

Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.